FOREWORD
PART I
PARALLEL CONFUSION
Chapter 1
SILENCE AND SHOCK
Chapter 2
GOOD THINGS COME TO PEOPLE WHO WAIT
Chapter 3
THE FOAM STRIKE
Chapter 4
LANDING DAY
PART II
COURAGE, COMPASSION, AND COMMITMENT
Chapter 5
RECOVERY DAY 1
Chapter 6
ASSESSING THE SITUATION
Chapter 7
SEARCHING FOR THE CREW
PART III
PICKING UP THE PIECES
Chapter 8
COLUMBIA IS GOING HOME IN A COFFIN
Chapter 9
WALKERS, DIVERS, AND SPOTTERS
Chapter 10
THEIR MISSION BECAME OUR MISSION
Chapter 11
RECONSTRUCTING COLUMBIA
PART IV
A BITTERSWEET VICTORY
Chapter 12
HEALING AND CLOSURE
Chapter 13
PRESERVING AND LEARNING FROM COLUMBIA
Chapter 14
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Chapter 15
CELEBRATING 25,000 HEROES
EPILOGUE
AUTHORS’ NOTES AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTERVIEWEES
ACRONYMS AND TECHNICAL TERMS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
PHOTOS
Copyright
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